Time for an update on the old dunger.....
Finally got another track day under the belt today - the held-over day from the washout on Queens Birthday weekend....
First session out - felt pretty good, but brakes a bit suss....they came good over the course of the day with no input from me
can't whinge about that....
But - she was feeling very 'overjetted' coming onto the main straight. I have fitted a *really* quick action throttle, forget your 1/5 turns, this is basically a 1/8 turn
, but works really good. Anyway, giving it a gutful onto the front straight and she was just bogging down - wind the throttle back a bit, and much better response - typical symptoms of too big a main jet. I had fitted some 140's after the Wakefield Park day back in May......thinking that the jetting was too lean.....nothing like that at all, she needed some ignition system *tweaking* - and smaller mains.
So a set of 120's was fitted after the first session..........and the difference was immediate. Could pull full throttle *everywhere*, and down the chute, even though all the big-bangers (R1's ZX10R's etc) could get the jump out of the corner.....they weren't dissapearing into the distance too quickly....
and more often than not, around the back of the course I got back up there clackers again.......only to be dissed onto the straight .....
Second session was heaps good. I also thought the gearing would need some work, but it worked fine. So that was left alone...
Third session - set up the camcorder in a bumbag, but must have knocked the 'off' button, as no footage recorded. Very dissapointing, especially as one of the CanberraRIDERS guys had set himself up to pull a great wheelie right next to me as we came out of the last corner onto the straight ! It would have looked *sensational* on video......but not to be....
Happy again with 4th session. Bike running really well, has a tendency to wobble a bit down the chute at speed
- the new front end will fix this.
4th session - set up the video again (carefully) - but to no avail. Worked *great* when the bike was turned off, or just idling, but as soon as the revs rose.......the picture went all white. We figured that, because the bike runs total-loss, when the ignition is working hard, there is not enough 'oomph' in the battery to power the camera (it runs straight of the bikes 12v supply). So a seperate 12v supply will need to be set up to capture any future action.
All things considered, I am really happy with how its progressing so far. Have a long way to go before she is competitive in Period 5 (Forgotten Era), but now the development is in full swing. Once she has some good brakes (AP Lockheed 2-spotters fitted to the good front end), and those 41mm forks......well I expect the handling to move up a couple of notches, and the times to drop.....
Birdman got a good shot of the beastie today, will attach here shortly.
In 2 weeks time, she will get some time at Broadford and Winton. Eastern Creek for the December KSRC track day.....and maybe Phillip Island early next year ???
Island Classic......maybe if its logbooked.....
Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 8:26 pm
If that is the case, then maybe the developers are not yet ready to move in with the bulldozers and raze the place to the ground ? I always thought it was a bit odd to spend som much money on new garages, to have them all torn down within 5 years or so ?? 
earlier this year, should get some value for it...), and of course there is the December track-day. I am hoping by then it will be really close to fully sorted !!